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The full-featured BitTorrent client Deluge has released version 0.5.6 today. Major changes include added Web Interface Plugin, fixed “losing data” and having to re-download parts, added new full allocation method, and much more. You can visit the Deluge webpage for binary downloads.

Deluge 0.5.6 Changelog:

• Web Interface Plugin
• Hopefully fix “losing data” and having to re-download parts (for real this time)
• Use new full allocation method which does not create files until one of its pieces is downloaded
• Tray lock password is no longer stored in plain text
• Update the Scheduler plugin and fix a bunch of bugs on it
• Double-clicking on a torrent opens up its containing folder
• Fix SpeedLimiter plugin when setting upload limits
• Fix MoveTorrent plugin when moving actively downloading torrents
• Pause torrents while importing blocklist and resume them when finished
• Remove TorrentPieces and disable its use
• A whole bunch of stuff for Win32
• Add private flag to TorrentCreator plugin
• Use SVG for internal logo usage (except on Win32)
• Use theme for tray icon instead of hard-coded
• Properly release port on shutdown
• TorrentFiles plugin now has progress bars
• Removing torrent files no longer deletes files that werent part of the torrent
• New max half-open connections setting to deal with cheap/broken routers
• Inherit UPnP fixes from libtorrent
• Use threading for everything, instead of spawnning

To install Deluge 0.5.6 on Ubuntu, you can execute the following steps:

1. Download Deluge 0.5.6 deb package from here.

2. Open your terminal, run this command:

sudo dpkg -i deluge-torrent_0.5.6*.deb